Sunday, June 30, 2013

Skip's Spotify Sunday 6-30-13

"GRP 30: The Digital Master Company 30th Anniversary" (playlist)

1. Serengeti Walk (Slippin' In The Back Door) - Dave Grusin
2. Footprints - Dave Valentin
3. I Just Found Out About Love - Dianne Schuur
4. King of the Lobby - Brecker Brothers
5. Kid Gloves - Larry Carlton
6. Cotton Tail - New York Voices
7. Kei's Song - David Benoit
8. Opening Nights - Kevin Eubanks
9. People Make The World Go 'Round - Ramsey Lewis
10. Reunion - Gary Burton
11. Makossa Beat - Don Grusin
12. Tower of Inspiration - Dave Weckl
13. She Likes To Watch - The Rippingtons
14. A Mis Abuelos - Arturo Sandoval
15. Cruise Control - George Benson
16. Blue Train - Live In Japan, 1993 - GRP All Star Big Band
17. Every Mornin' Dizzy Gillespie
18. Move - Gerry Mulligan
19. The Thrill Is Gone (Live At The Apollo Theater) - B.B. King
20. Escher Sketch (A Tale of Two Rhythms) - Michael Brecker
21. Waltz For Isabel - Spyro Gyra
22. Sandstone - Yellowjackets
23. Blackwood - Eddie Daniels
24. Early A.M. Attitude - Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour
25. Jamaica Heartbeat - Original Version - Acoustic Alchemy
26. On The Corner - John Pattitucci
27. Steepian Faith - Kenny Kirkland
28. Free Hand - Tom Scott
29. First Time Love - Patti Austin
30. How Long Has This Been Going On? - Dave Grusin

Duke Ellington Presents The Dollar Brand Trio

1. Dollar's Dance
2. Kippi
3. Brilliant Corners
4. Jumping Rope
5. Ubu Suku
6. The Stride

Yellowjackets "A Rise In The Road"

1. When The Lady Dances
2. Civil War
3. Can't We Elope
4. An Informed Decision
5. Longing
6. Thank You
7. Madrugada
8. An Amber Shade of Blue
9. (You'll Know) When It's Time
10. I Knew His Father

The Fusion Syndicate "The Fusion Syndicate" (feat. Rick Wakeman, Jerry Goodman, Nik Turner, & Jimmy Haslip)

1. Random Acts of Science
2. Stone Cold Infusion
3. Molecular Breakdown
4. Particle Accelerations
5. At The Edge of The Middle
6. Atom Smashing
7. In The Spirit Of...

Jim Beard "Advocate"

1. Fever
2. Princess
3. Hope
4. Mirrors
5. At The Glee Club
6. Relief
7. Jazz
8. Jambolay
9. Trip

Jim Beard "Lost At The Carnival"

1. Step Inside
2. Chunks And Chairknobs
3. Pumpkin Fat
4. Holiday (for Pete and Gladys)
5. Lost At The Carnival
6. Jigamarie
7. Grace In The Bubble
8. Michigan Roll
9. Poke

Jim Beard "Song of the Sun"

1. Camieff
2. Parsley Trees
3. Song of the Sun
4. Holodeck Waltz
5. Diana
6. Baker's Annex
7. Haydel Bay
8. Lucky Charms
9. Long Bashels
10. Sweet Bumps
11. Crossing Troll Bridge

Booker T. Jones "Sound The Alarm"

1. Sound The Alarm      Booker T., Mayer Hawthorne
2. All Over The Place    Booker T., Luke James
3. Fun                           Booker T.
4. Broken Heart            Booker T., Jay James
5. Feel Good                Booker T.
6. Gently                      Booker T., Anthony Hamilton
7. Austin City Blues      Booker T., Gary Clark Jr.
8. Can't Wait                Booker T., Estelle
9. '66 Impala                Booker T., Poncho Sanchez, Sheila E.
10. Watch You Sleeping Booker T., Kori Withers
11. Your Love Is No Love Booker T., Vintage Trouble
12. Father Son Blues         Booker T., Ted Jones

Booker T. "Evergreen"

1. Jamaica Song
2. Mama Stewart
3. Tennessee Voodoo
4. Flamingo - Instrumental
5. Song For Casey
6. Evergreen - Instrumental
7. Country Days
8. Why Me (Kris Kristofferson cover)
9. Front Street Rag - Instrumental
10. Lie To Me

David Sanborn "Then Again: The David Sanborn Anthology"

1. The Whisperer
2. Benjamin
3. Lisa
4. It's You
5. Love Will Come Someday
6. As We Speak
7. Hideaway - Live
8. More Than Friends
9. Maputo
10. Since I Fell For You
11. Chicago Song
12. The Dream
13. So Far Away
14. Bang Bang
15. Missing You
16. Back Again
17. Rain On Christmas
18. A Tear For Crystal
19. Lotus Blossom
20. The Water Is Wide
21. Snakes
22. First Song
23. Try A Little Tenderness
24. Never Enough
25. One In A Million
26. Straight To The Heart
27. Goodbye
28. Let's Just Say Goodbye
29. Anywhere I Wander















Saturday, June 29, 2013

Galadrielle Allman Interview to Air on NPR's World Cafe

Allman Brothers fans here, dig this.  Tune in.  Yours truly, will.

http://www.allmanbrothersband.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=866&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Marshall Tucker Band "Take The Highway"

Posted a full concert video from the newest iteration of the Marshall Tucker Band a while ago.  Well, here is that lineup, with Chris Hicks and Rick Willis on guitars, jamming on their classic hit song, "Take The Highway".  The video ends right as the drum solo starts.  But, there's plenty of the tune here to get an idea of what it's all about.  Dig it.






Friday, June 28, 2013

John Lennon, Eric Clapton, & Keith Richards "Yer Blues"


Now, here's a chestnut.  Whoever found this should be given a prize.  John Lennon, Eric Clapton, and Keith Richards playing "Yer Blues", which was written by Lennon, for The Beatles, and appears on "The White Album", which was officially named "The Beatles".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yer_Blues

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Dave Grusin & the GRP All Stars "Early A.M. Attitude"


Check out the list of names that scrolls across the screen.  At the time, in the '80s, not only were they members of Dave Grusin's band, but also, artists signed to his record label, GRP, (Grusin/Rosen Productions), that he founded with Larry Rosen.

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Buddy Guy & Jeff Beck "Let Me Love You Baby"


Great rendition of one of Buddy Guy's best numbers.  He and Jeff Beck tear it up on "Let Me Love You Baby".  Wicked!

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

The Yellowjackets "Priscilla"

FINALLY found a video of this tune!  Took me forever.  But, here's a groove for you.  "Priscilla", by The Yellowjackets.  Of course, these guys blurred the line between fusion and "smooth jazz" in the '80s, but they're just darn cool.  This is from their self titled, 1981 debut.  Follow the link.  Dig it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrVoGCf52e0


Monday, June 24, 2013

In memoriam: Bobby "Blue" Bland


Rest In Peace, Bobby "Blue" Bland.  Here he is, doing a medley of "Stormy Monday" and "Going Down Slow", with Johnnie Taylor and Bobby Rush.  Check this out.

Plus, here's another video.  Bobby, singing with B.B. King on the "Soul Train" TV show in 1975 singing, "It's My Own Fault".

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Skip's Spotify Sunday 6-23-13

Gary Burton "Reunion" (feat. Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Will Lee, Mitch Forman, & Peter Erskine)

1. Autumn
2. Reunion
3. Origin
4. Will You Say You Will
5. House On The Hill
6. Panama
7. Chairs And Children
8. Wasn't Always Easy
9. The Chief
10. Tiempos Felice (Happy Times)
11. Quick And Running

Gary Burton & Paul Bley "Right Time Right Place"

1. Ida Lupino
2. Isn't It Romantic
3. Laura's Dream
4. Carla
5. Olhos De Gato
6. Alcazar 
7. Rightly So
8. Nothing To Declare
9. You Don't Know What Love Is
10. Eiderdown
11. Turn Out The Stars

Gary Burton & Rebecca Parris "It's Another Day

1. Good Enough
2. A Deeper Dream
3. Emerald Mist (It's Another Day)
4. The Melody Is You
5. Our Love Is Here To Stay
6. Let The Flower Grow
7. Forest Of Dreams
8. If The Moon Turns Green
9. Au Privave
10. Fire In The Forest
11. Solitude
12. We Can Try Love Again

Gary Burton "Collection"

1. Quick And Running
2. Huba Huba
3. The Last To Know
4. Sing, Sing, Sing (feat. Eddie Daniels: clarinet) (Benny Goodman cover)
5. Moonglow (feat. Eddie Daniels: clarinet) (Will Hudson, Irving Mills, & Eddie DeLange cover)
6. My Funny Valentine (Lorenz & Hart cover, from the 1937 musical Babes In Arms)
7. Redial
8. Our Love Is Here To Stay (feat. Rebecca Paris: vocals) (George & Ira Gershwin cover)
9. Solitude (feat. Rebecca Paris: vocals)
10. My Romance (feat. Makoto Ozone: piano) (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart cover, from the 1935 Billy Rose musical Jumbo

Gary Burton "Like Minds" (feat. Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, and Dave Holland) *Also featured in "Spotify Sunday" on May 5, 2013. 

Gary Burton: vibraphone
Chick Corea: piano
Pat Metheny: guitar
Roy Haynes: drums
Dave Holland: bass 

1. Question And Answer 
2. Elucidation
3. Windows
4. Futures 
5. Like Minds
6. Country Roads
7. Tears of Rain
8. Soon  
9. For A Thousand Years
10. Straight Up And Down
11. Country Roads (bonus track)

Gary Burton "Astor Piazzola Reunion: A Tango Excursion" (instrumental album)

1. Biyuya 
2. Allegro Tangabile 
3. Romance Del Diablo
4. Caliente 
5. Tanguedia 
6. Triunfal 
7. Soledad
8. Lunfard
9. Revirado 
10. La Muerte Del Angel 
11. Decarisimo
12. Concierto Para Quinteto 
13. Mi Refugio

Gary Burton "Libertango"

1. Libertango
2. Invierno Porteno
3. Escualo
4. Buenos Aires Hora Tero
5. Fuga Y Misterio
6. Milonga Del Angel
7. Michaelangelo 70
8. Contrabajissimo
9. Fugata
10. Mumuki
11. Milonga Loca
12. Adios Nonino

Gary Burton "For Hamp, Red, Bags, & Cal"

1. Afro Blue
2. Bags' Groove
3. Move
4. Midnight Sun
5. Flying Home
6. Django
7. Back Home Again In Indiana
8. Body And Soul
9. Godchild
10. Joao
11. Hole In The Wall
12. Dance of the Octopus

Gary Burton & Makoto Ozone "Virtuosi"

1. Le Tombeau de Couperin I - Prelude - Album Version
2. Excursions I - Opus 20 - Album Version
3. Prelude VIII - Opus 32 - Album Version
4. Milonga
5. Prelude 2
6. Sonata K20
7. Impromptu - From Three Little Oddities - Album Version
8. Piano Concerto In F - Movement III - Album Version
9. Lakme Medley: Berceuse/Duettino
10. Capriccio II - Opus 76 - Album Version
11. Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Gary Burton "Generations"

1. First Impression
2. Early
3. Gorgeous
4. Wheatland
5. Take Another Look
6. Syndrome
7. Test Of Time
8. The Title Will Follow
9. Ladies In Mercedes
10. Heroes Sin Nombre

Gary Burton "Next Generation"

1. Prelude For Vibes
2. My Romance
3. 'Ques Sez
4. Get Up And Go
5. B & G
6. A Dance For Most Of You
7. Walkin' In Music
8. Summer Band Camp
9. Fuga
10. Clarity

Gary Burton "Turn Of The Century"

1. Vibrafinger
2. Moonchild - In Your Quiet Place - Live At Montreux
3. Fortune Smiles                                Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett
4. Grow Your Own                             Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett
5. Here's That Rainy Day                    Gary Burton & Stephane Grapelli
6. Daphne                                          Gary Burton & Stephane Grapelli
7. Coquette                                        Gary Burton & Stephane Grapelli
8. Throb                                            Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett
9. Turn Of The Century                      Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett
10. Some Echoes                               Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett
11. Henniger Flats                              Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett
12. Las Vegas Tango
13. Hand Bags And Glad Rags
14. Chega De Saudade
15. I Never Loved A Man

Gary Burton "Good Vibes"

1. Vibrafinger
2. Las Vegas Tango
3. Boston Marathon
4. Pain In My Heart
5. Leroy The Magician
6. I Never Loved A Man

Gary Burton "Alone At Last"

1. Moonchild - In Your Quiet Place - Live At Montreux
2. Green Mountains - Arise, Her Eyes - Live At Montreux
3. The Sunset Bell - Live At Montreux
4. Hand Bags And Glad Rags
5. Hullo Bolinas
6. General Mojo's Well Laid Plan
7. Chega De Saudade

Gary Burton "Quartet Live!" (feat. Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow, & Antonio Sanchez)

1. Sea Journey
2. Olhos De Gato
3. Falling Grace
4. Coral
5. Walter L.
6. B and G (Midwestern Night's Dream)
7. Missouri Uncompromised
8. Fleurette Africaine (Little African Flower)
9. Hullo, Bolinas
10. Syndrome
11. Question And Answer